Get a free line of unlimited intro for a year when you buy one unlimited line. Visit xfinitymobile. Com today to learn more. Today, the former Special Counselor who investigated President Bidens mishandling of documents, a man by the name of robert hur, was grilled on capitol hill. The former counsel has already declined to charge President Biden with anything, concluding that nothing he did was worthy of prosecution. But that did not stop republicans in congress from making a four hour circus out of mr. Hurs testimony today. That is because todays hearing wasnt actually a matter of law. It was about scoring political points. The reality here is that the only reason joe biden accidentally taking some classified documents when he left office, the only reason that matters at all is because donald trump willfully, purposefully, took classified documents with him when he left office and then tried to obstruct justice to cover it all up. These two cases are not the same. But dont just take
than the country. . i appreciate your time. dateline white house picks up with nicole right now. it s 4:00 in new york and yes, it s groundhog day, the crisis in the house of representatives and the united states of america is in its third day. there still no speaker of the house of representatives which means there are no members of the house of representatives. that despite and evening of negations. kevin mccarthy has lost eight votes to be speaker and is on track right now to lose the ninth vote. that s despite making a series of unbelievable concessions, things that were off the table sunday night and into monday, to the holdouts in his car gets caucus, a major allowance to the hard right republicans, he said he would lower the number from 5 to 1. he said he previously not accept that. congress and matt gaetz, he nominated donald trump for the speakership and described the power to remove the speaker as anyone, anywhere, anytime, raising questions about whether anybod
At least 1200 people are dead, 570 people in gaza, the west bank, 700 people in israel. Soldiers, civilians, children. The state Department Says nine americans are among those killed, and more may be missing. Around 150 taken hostage by hamas, and presently somewhere in gaza, the fates unknown. This afternoon. Hamas that is threatened to execute they. Now she says she has no idea her father, sister, cousin with special nines, grandmyowith demeantia. Another carried away to be used as a bargaining chip. Meanwhile, begging for the return of his wife and his daughters, ages 3 and 5. I tell them that be strong, hold on. Im thinking about you. Im working hard to try in order to get you back. Stay strong, trying to happy. Adopt be afraid. You know, its hard to say those things when i dont really know what conditions theyre being held in. Americans are believed to be among those kidnapped as the United States and the world plots the next moves. Nation scrambling to say their citizens out of a
joining us now congressman madeline dean, she s for now, congresswoman elect , how s it going up there? well you are seeing groundhog day over and over again. we ve gone through a ninth vote for speaker of the house. mr., that such dysfunction since 1923 or 1855. but this was completely predictable. i ve known for years that mr. mccarthy does not have the support to become the speaker because he s not a leader. he has given away the store. at every turn, you and i have talked about so many chances to lead, at every turn mr. mccarthy chose not to lead and it s not falling entirely on him. he now has a caucus filled with disruptors, folks who would rather push the big lie, who
day, january 6th, for how precious our democracy is, how valuable it is, but how vulnerable it can be, if we whitewash it, if we do not remember our history, we will be doomed to repeat it. so, i will be here, whether we are voting or not, and i will commemorate it, i know we will commemorate it in philadelphia, so it ll take a long time but we need accountability and the full facts. there are some prominent folks from your state that will be recognizing it. congresswoman elect, i ve never called you that before, madeline dean. i mean, alecia the split screen didn t have to be, the republicans controlled for the first time in a couple of years now, what the public is seeing and they could, there are people in the country who would like to vote for republicans who would like to see arguments made, there are voters out there who would like to be given reasons to support republicans. there are none coming from washington. mitch mcconnell gave them the only reason i being with joe bide